beyoud of bloomberg bna, kate tummarello of politico and corey bennett of the hill. .. [cheers and applause]

>> thank you. well, so nice to see you all. i just want to really come by and express my rate gratitude for all the work that people have been doing. it's a tough job and, you know, one of the things that really kind of disappointed me about some of the events in iowa this week was the fact that people would actually think that i was the kind of person who, after so many workers, college students that come in volunteer, work their tails off, one even lost his life, i would just say, i'm out of here, i don't care about you guys. maybe some of the people we do that. i would never even dream of

doing something like that. it was absolutely absurd. i just am saddened by the fact that so many people just don't really have that kind of ethical base now where they understand that concept. but that's besides the point as far as i'm concerned because right now all we have to do is save this country. [applause] >> it's going to be a very, very uphill battle. there's no question about that. a lot of people, they obsess over polls and they say, you had risen and then you a fallen. you have to understand that at the point i was the flavor of the month. [inaudible]

[applause] >> and a lot of things happened here along came a lot of terrorist activity, and people ought into the narrative that a nice person cannot be tough on terrorism, which is total nonsense, of course. as teddy roosevelt said, talk softly and carry a big stick. that's really what it's all about, being able to understand what the issues are, articulate them, and do what is appropriate. i was noticing as i was reading the paper today that the president is now getting a lot of pressure to do what i've been talking about for the last several months, to look at what's going on in libya. because libya is going to be a huge problem if we allow isis to gain control of it. it is a very large country.

it is situated in a perfect location. you go north across the mediterranean and your into southern europe. eco-south, and/or sudan, chad and niger, and have a lot more oil than have an iraq. we cannot allow that to happen. when it comes to foreign policy we have to be able to think strategically, ahead of time. our foreign policy right now is wait until someone else does something and then react to it. that's not what a leader does. a leader has to understand what's going on in the lead. and create the very situations and control them. that's something that we used to do, something that we are not doing now. and as a result those who oppose us have gained a much more prominence in the world, and

that's going to jeopardize our future. the other thing that's jeopardizing our future severely is our fiscal irresponsibility. this is the first generation expected not to do better than their parents. it's the beginning of a trend. there are those who say to us, it's the new normal. there's nothing normal about it. it is very abnormal. that's not the united states of america. we are an exceptional nation. what we have to stop doing is driving up the debt which has multiple ramifications. it keeps people from being incentivized to put money into savings accounts because you don't make any money in a savings account. same thing in the bond market. the average person really doesn't have a good mechanism for increasing their money. that was part of the american dream, that the government is destroying with its reckless

fiscal policies. and then the other thing that i think really threatens to destroy us is the divisiveness that is going on in our country. jesus said, and was echoed by abraham lincoln, a house divided by -- against itself can never standard and never has and it never will stand. one of the things that is causing a lot of division is political correctness. political correctness is antithetical to one of the founding principles of america. freedom of speech and freedom of expression. it really i believe is evil. because they teach you from talking, which is really what allows you to resolve problems while come under the covers, they are changing everything. so you look at all the social things, all the moral things

that have changed but you're never supposed to talk about them. it was joseph stalin who really set the map out for the destruction of america. he said that you needed to undermine these three foundational pillars of america in order to destroy america from within. and our spiritual life, our patriotism, and our morality. have you noticed that those are the things that they've been working, thus it -- secular progressives so hard to destroy our country? as far as i am concerned they are not good people. they have a very different idea of what america should be. it started several decades back, read about how they keep

changing their names, liberals, progressives, socialists, what have you. but it's all a similar agenda, fundamentally changing america, because they have a different vision of what we should be. the problem with their vision, their utopian vision, is that all of those places always end up looking the same way. a small group of elite's appetite in control of everything. and rapidly vanishing middle class, and a vastly expanded dependent class. there is no reason in a country like this that we should have a vastly expanded dependent class. we only have 330 million people. that sounds like a lot, but it really does not. compared to china, what, 1.4 billion. indeed, with 1.1 billion. those are places with a lot of people. we need to develop all of our

people. we need to establish pathways for success for all of our people. and we certainly have the ability to do that. we simply need to have a government that understands that making people dependent is not doing them a favor. but creating ladders of opportunity so that people through their own efforts can climb out of dependency and become part of the fabric and the strength of america. that's what it's all about. that's what we should be doing. [applause] >> i think one of the other things that is so disturbing right now is what's happening to our veterans. you know, this country since its inception has been involved in

some kind of the conflict on average of every 15 or 20 years. we would not be a free country if it were not for our veterans. [applause] so we clearly have an obligation to take care of them. the fact that 22 of them commit suicide every day in this country, and that's probably an underestimate because not all the states are involved in gathering those statistics. that is a real problem and that's just the tip of the iceberg. we are not providing them the support mechanisms that they need. what i would propose is about when people volunteer and are accepted into our military, and that's another issue altogether, i'll come back to that in a minute, but they should have an external support group associate with them which follows them

throughout their entire military career, particularly when they are in combat. continues with them after they were discharged for several years, because that's what ptsd shows up. and begins to work on their placement back in society a year before they are discharged. so that they would military on friday and they start work on monday. and they should have health department accounts which are subsidized, which allow them to go to any health care facility in the country, and we should be delighted to take of them. and if they want to go to a va facility they can but they don't have to. that will provide the kind of competition for the va system that will create improvement. because nothing improves when there's not competition. generally speaking. those kinds of things i think will begin to make a real dent.

let me just mention what i talked about with the voluntary army. voluntary military. first of all the percentage of people applying is down 14%. that's a real danger to us. but here's what's really alarming. between the ages of 17-24, 71% of the people who apply for the voluntary military are rejected. either for mental, physical or educational reasons. the biggest category being educational reasons. so many of them are incapable of passing a basic examination, looking at math skills and communication skills. these are people who are all at least graduates of high school. what we have done to hurt ourselves is dumb down the requirements. everybody is a winner.

everybody is spectacular. unit, what a bunch of crap, you know? [applause] that is really hurting us as a nation. the thing that made america into such an amazing country is a can-do attitude. we are replacing that with a what can you do for me attitude? it starts early in our schools and infiltrate our society. i do not believe it's too late to stop it, and that's what i'm willing to go through all this. people ask me all the time, is it really worth going through everything you have to go through and having people attack your character and a pac of gum at attack your everything imaginable? and the answer to that is no. [laughter]

not if you were doing it for yourself. but the answer is a resounding yes, if you're doing it for others. and you know, my entire -- [applause] my entire professional career oriented around saving children and giving them an opportunity at life and giving them an opportunity for quality of life. that is the reason for doing this now, recognizing that if we continue along this pathway, the american dream is going to be extinguished forces coming behind us. and i don't see anybody, republicans or democrats, doing anything about it, quite frankly. i'm not a highly partisan person, but i had to be either a democrat or a republican. the republicans were much closer to my philosophy than the

democrats were because, you know, my life also is oriented around saving lives and the culture of life, not the culture of death. [applause] >> my philosophy was oriented around my role model who is jesus christ. [applause] so that means i believe the things that are in his word, and i don't go and try to redefine them and then change the basis of what morality is. i do, however, believe that america is a place that is for and by the people and it is a place where we were to live and let live. i don't think we should ever force people to believe the way that we believe, but by the same

token we shouldn't be forced to believe the way they believed. that is really the truth. [applause] so i say all that to say that i am in this. i'm not leaving. i'm not going anywhere. [applause] maybe i should never go home for another change of clothes, you know? [laughter] but the way i grew up, you know, you don't just throw your clothes away and buy a new set. and quite frankly, my mother was a master of thrift and she talked to us. if god sees fit to put me in the presidency, america will learn what thrift is.

[applause] and it doesn't mean that we are going to suffer, but it just means that we're going to do things in an efficient way. the american people deserve that. and they also deserve honesty and integrity. thank you very much. [applause] >> i just, i usually come in and say, i'm candy carson, i approved this message. our oldest son is here, marie. [applause] -- murray. >> all right, thank you all very much. >> dr. carson more dimension to that many of the folks here have been hitting doors for you going door-to-door that a bit out there doing the phone banks, invited to this event, folks are

heading out and hitting doors today. they are also going to be working on these phone lines. just wanted to give you a little time to meet them. >> we appreciate. we do not let anybody, i don't care who it is, convince you that i'm going anywhere. you know? [applause] >> they have written my obituary every week for the last year and a half, and then they turned around and say, jesus still here. i can't believe he still here. it's really not about me. it's about we the people. this whole campaign is about we the people. we are supposed to be at the pinnacle, and the government is supposed to be there to serve us, not the other way around. i'm going to make sure we restore that relationship.

[applause] >> how are you? what's that? [inaudible] >> thank you. praise the lord. thank you. thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> these are my children. we want to give you a challenge going from 9/11. can we get his signature on their school stuff? >> i bet they are good students, too.

very nice to meet you. >> we will see in texas and a couple of weeks. >> all right. how are you doing? [inaudible conversations] you got half of the whole group here. >> appreciate it. >> absolutely. are you a student? >> i am. >> fantastic. good luck. [inaudible conversations]

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>> i blew all my heart that her children and you will be free in the most recent america. we live in an uncertain time. like the generation that came before us, we confronted our challenge, embraced them because r. did -- because we did, our children inherited the greatest nation in history. ♪ >> it takes a lot of courage to run for president, especially if you're a nonpolitician, which i'm proud to say i am a non-politician. but the journey has been an unbelievably interesting one and fascinating. i have met so many great people. so many people do want to be a part of government and they want

to do such wonderful things for our country. america has been great to me. i want to be great to america. i want to do something that is really going to put us back on the right course and make america great again. >> i am not and i will never support to grant blanket legalization amnesty. >> marco rubio is part of the gang are they trying to secure amnesty, one of the architects of the plan -- >> you are given legal status to people of broken the law. >> marker review is a member of the gang of eight and ted cruz was in. >> i am ted cruz and i approved this message. >> i think you might want to say hello to somebody did

>> use honest, dependable, loyal, relatively funny. he does not rack like some people we know. >> are we talking about? >> i can't remember. >> he's got the same values that america seems to have lost. american thing. >> much ... marco rubio's top accomplishment that made you decide to endorse him? >> a guy who has been able to win a tough election in florida. >> can you name his top accomplishment? >> someone who has tremendous potential, tremendous gifts. it is hard to say accomplishments. >> the republicans have been dirty for one year and what much of what she was running for president primarily appeared just one that marco achieved. >> jeb bush ran florida.

mark or rubio finish a sentence. >> nothing got done and therefore he has no accomplishments. this is a bogus argument. >> i'm asking a simple question. list one accomplishment that marco rubio has achieved in four years as the united states senate. >> the bottom line is this there is an awful lot of accomplishments and i don't think it's a fair question. >> i increase christy and i approved this message. >> politics has become nasty and desperate and it does not have to be that way. i've crisscrossed new hampshire, held over 100 town hall talking with you. my record is to create jobs and reject obamacare without leaving anyone behind. we can say no to the status quo and note to fighting and losing. let's make this election about some thing better than ourselves. new hampshire, let's change the world. join this fight with me and win. i am john kasich and i approved this message.

>> we were in manchester, new hampshire at the madison hotel. people come here as local tourism that is to take a tour of the radisson hotel because it is the centerpiece of the new hampshire primary every four years. meet the director here at the hotel. marine, this is one of the best places to people watch. how has this gotten a reputation? >> people -- we were talking earlier about the center of all of this come in the center of everything. the media comes to broadcast. >> you can see all kinds of people watching. while we were waiting for you with -- when we are to we are too remote to see a few more as well. it's not just that the state is utilized -- the rams areas,

[inaudible] >> public radio -- >> you know how many different media organizations are represented? >> 11 or 12 that are in-house. every note and cranny in this hotel is occupied. >> you people are crazy request for the things that they need? give us an example. >> last night nbc was broadcasting here and had to have, just like during the holidays, they asked -- [inaudible] >> we are going to walk and talk with this. the hotel gets poked about three years in advance. >> people start checking out as

they are leaving -- [inaudible] >> what really for you in spokane that far in advance? >> the biggest challenge is making sure that a regular clientele center primary date a month before. it's very important that new hampshire certifies to keep them on hold until we have the date. basically from the beginning of january until the end of february, you know you are holding all of that. >> it is challenging. for the most part, a lot of businesses in the area have got used to that. they are also local new

hampshire resident. >> you have the regular line saying -- [inaudible] >> do you change your rate? >> is based on demand like everything else. everybody wants to be here. so this is christmas for you in the hotel business. >> this restaurant is open to the public but there is a lot going on in here. but what people see if they were political tourists coming here? >> the café get set up for breakfast each morning. we have people who lounge around here today is of course superbowl sunday so we have private parties booked in here and widescreen tv set up. >> if i can ask my colleague on the balcony about another media organization. do you know who that is?

>> that is radio broken world the radio stations are broadcasting. the top radio media news is up there as well as cbs radio and sirius xm satellite. >> can we get this from here? let's take a look at radio row. to the radio stations change a lot? >> is usually very, very busy upstairs. bustamante has been here for primaries. >> what about people staying in this hotel? is it an accident media and candidates? >> mostly media. we have one candidate on the top lawyer. we always hold the space and lowered the senator rubio. >> first come first serve.

>> i think almost every candidate had requested to be here on primary night. we sort of pick and choose who we think is going to be a front runner. >> so you are really having to game the period >> so here we are for example at wbz, which is a boston station. >> how far in advance did i get it up here? do not post to the media moved in on sunday. radio stations came in about a week before. this radio needs quiet. how do you keep this kind of radio friendly up here? >> is actually very quiet today. it's usually very busy with the candidates coming in from the cameras running after them and to be interviewed. a lot of them have they microphone to work with. >> what is happening here. >> we are doing a tour of the radisson for c-span. tell us about your space. >> this is radio row.

a number of shows that come from all over with a lot of local radio shows. they come because they can sit down and they are broadcasting live face-to-face with the candidate. so they get all of these people. we had senator casey, even on sunday. so it's also the democratic convention. all the speakers for the party in the white house who offer their time to come in and do the shows. and then is scheduled people on the radio to her. >> you're doing radio, what about the audio? >> my name is candy.

>> how long have you been doing this? >> a lot of -- >> what is the toughest challenge? >> trying to make sure that all of the gas shows are correct. it comes from the television. she has been a producer and professional put into her schedule on a google spreadsheet. every single person, every single show to make sure they are correct. >> is actually an adventure and a recent radio roads that we organize. we do 670 interviews over two days and 28 shows. >> is a clear round the clock because of all the time zones? >> we are. when we do them for his pacific

event, we are working the jigsaw puzzle from 5:00 in the morning until 8:00 at night. here we've got 30 plus shows coming in and out lies. >> we have about 600 interviews coming in over the next two days. >> 602 days. >> some of them are like bobby doing four or five great now. but there'll be 600 people coming through. that's the other challenge. there are the truly people running for president you've never heard of in your entire life and they say can you get me on. he's running for president. they put him on all the shows.

>> we are going to leave this conversation online with c-span.org. this morning we are taking a lead to the coverage from new hampshire. a campaign event for new jersey governor chris christie and this is how it could new hampshire. -- hudson, new hampshire. the mac of my come everybody. welcome to southern new hampshire. last day of excitement. one more day of excitement it's an exciting day that governor christie is here with us. [applause] probably the best part of the package is his wife, mary beth. [applause] what this country needs is a boss. i don't know if we need my kind

of boss or his kind of buzz. [laughter] i had to do it. take bus. that is just for this show. i would like to introduce sergeant major paul chevaliers who is going to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. >> thank you good will begin this morning made him like we should begin all public meeting in the united states, by pledging allegiance to the flag, which you see over here. please join me. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united dates of america. and to the republic for which it fans, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. thank you. my pleasure now to introduce new hampshire speaker of the house of representatives, shawn

jasper. [applause] >> good morning, governor. welcome to my hometown, have been. it's a pleasure to have all of you here. no state does retail politics like new hampshire. i've met with many of the candidates going back to the summer. governor christie has been in my office at the state house a couple of times as have others. i really didn't make up my mind until last week because like so many people in new hampshire i needed to meet the candidates three times, too. and so, it really came down to getting to know the candidate and getting to know who i thought would be the best person, who had the best ideas to lead this nation. after a lot of soul-searching

and knowing that we have some very good candidates running for president on the republican side, some very good candidate came down to my belief that there was no question in my mind that governor christie is the best man to lead america. [applause] it is now my pleasure to introduce the cake boss. [applause] >> hello, new hampshire. well, thank you. if an honor and privilege to be here today with the governor who is not only my governor, but a friend and a really, really honest and true person. i am not a political guy. i don't really get into the political arena, but it's about

what governor christie has done for new jersey. hurricane sandy was one of the most dramatic things that ever happened in the governor did such an amazing job for help in and sandy release and helping and just keeping us together as one. he did the right thing. new jersey is mostly democratic for those of you who don't know, just in case you don't know. but governor christie notepad or work with those sites to get done. we can draw a line in the sand about being republican or democrats. we are americans. when you have situations like 9/11, when you have situations expanding, there is no party lines. you need somebody who will cut through the bull and who is going to bring people together

to make compromises. and that is what we need right now. i believe in governor christie because he is a man of his word. he has done amazing things for new jersey and i honestly believe he would make an awesome president where we can be proud as americans in a world. i traveled road a lot. what you don't know is that cake boss is even 220 countries all over the world. it in 45 languages and end by 1.5 billion people worldwide. i have been from abu dhabi to australia to brazil to slovakia. i have been all over the world and we need to make america --

when something is american made and the pride that we have this americans, we are losing that lester in the world about being world leaders and we need somebody who is going to take as they ended it by believing in ourselves, bringing the parties together to actually get a done and nobody is going to do a better job than my friend, my governor, the best guy for the job, governor christie. [cheers and applause] and i want to introduce a great governor of maryland, governor hogan to come up year and day of few words. >> how about the cake boss. [cheers and applause] >> am a big fan of the cake boss even more after hearing him talk this morning. i want to thank each and everyone of you for being here

this morning. you've got lost the possibility. i know the people of new hampshire take their vote seriously. i think you have the ability of to help decide who we are going to nominate as our nominee for this race in november. i want you to think about two things. i don't want you to think about who the media will tell you is the next candidate for the next president. i want you to decide. we kept hearing this down to three people. limit tell you something. i'm a tidal couple days before the election maryland said i was going to lose by 18 points. i'm actually the governor of maryland, believe it or not. so the only poll that counts is the one they are going to count tomorrow night. i happen to believe that the people in this room and the people across the skaters aren't enough. you don't want to have the media

tell you to vote for. you don't want to have some polls are. you want to look somebody in the eye and come here and meet you face to face and answer your questions. this guy has been in the state for more than 70 days. he's done more than 100 events and answered every single question. there's a lot of things i love about governor crist d. the thing i like most, he tells it like it is. he answers the question. they are nice guys. i know most of them. i'm not sure where they stand on some of the issues. they say this, they say that. this guy doesn't talk that way. he tells it like it is. whether you agree or disagree, you know where he stands. he's honest, direct and the kind of person we need in the white house. two things i want you to think about. next fall, who do you want on that stage debating hillary clinton? anybody want to see hillary clinton as president? who do you think is the one we had to put on that page?

anybody see the debate the other night. how about archive? [cheers and applause] wait until you see what he's going to do this while going against hillary clinton. second question is think about who you want sitting in that oval office. i can to you as a governor and a deeply stately governor christie, it is a tough job. everyday he makes tough decisions. the little different than being a freshman senator with all due respect. has tested from his ready coming is prepared to be president. i want you all to join me in any big new hampshire welcome for the next president of the united states, governor chris christie. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, good morning. thank you all to jack gilchrest

and all the folks here, thank you for hosting us this morning. we appreciate it very much. to sergeant major chevaliers commit thank you for your presence and reminding us not only by her conduct, the fire were told portman is everyday for us to feel really proud that we are americans and the flag represents what our country is all about. thank you for being here this morning. i want to thank the speaker. every candidate in this race one speaker's endorsement. they all keen to meet with him. i did, too. one of inside my head the most was he said very early on i want to give every candidate a fair shake to speak to my caucus. i want to give every candidate a fair shake to persuade whatever members of my caucus they can persuade to their cause and i don't want to get involved until after everyone has had a chance to speak to my people. that is leadership. that is bringing people together and give everybody an opportunity to compete for the

support of not just in whatever republican and republican house caucus and i respect that attitude and approach by sean and wants all that happened he's also not someone who will sit on the sidelines. you let people know we'll pull the lever for. you're doing a great job as speaker here and i'm proud to have you on my team. thank you very much. [applause] >> dictate -- the cake boss is in new hampshire. but he and his whole family have been wonderful friends and me and mary pat. we first met at my inauguration in 2010 when buddy made the cake. mary pat and i have been on the cake boss show. it was many years ago. it is almost six years ago. when we were on, he came to our

inaugural in newark, new jersey and presented the most amazing cake i've ever seen in my life. here is the same. they look amazing. everybody knows that. they taste even better. you see these crazy looking cakes and they taste awful. but these cakes are amazing. not only that, but he is the kind of story that i want to highlight in america's president. a guy who took in hoboken started by his dad and has turned it into a worldwide enterprise through the greatness of his ideas and the depth of his work ethic. nobody i know in their own business works harder than buddy. this is not some miracle that is all around the world and has bakeries everywhere around not only our country but around the

world. it's because he had a great idea and he was willing to work hard. that is what america is supposed to be about that anybody from anywhere, no matter your background or experience can view of great ideas and you're willing to work hard, america can make you get the opportunity to have great success. he is not only appear because he's my friend and i am his and i'm thrilled to have this court and he doesn't get into politics much because republicans and democrats watch the cake boss and they have to continue. he wants everybody common even socialist to watch the cake boss. i'm sure bernie watches it, too. no doubt about it. we want to continue to watch this show and buy their food. i want to have a great day for new hampshire to see an example of what kind of american democracy were worded, the ones who work hard, the ones who play by the rules, the ones who have

a tree men a tree and are willing to fight to make it come true. this is still the greatest country in the world for that to happen and so i am thrilled he is happier and i cannot thank them enough. thanks for being here, buddy. [applause] lastly, governor larry hogan, he was right. everybody was telling me and telling him he's going to lose in maryland. they have one republican governor in the last 50 years and there is no chance a guy like larry hogan for interpublic and would get elected. there was a few people, a number here with us from maryland. me and larry didn't believe that was true. i still believe any candidate who gets out there and fight card is a great great message to migrate. and a vision for his stake in the elect that no matter republican or democrat. he is living proof of his first runner in illinois, we have

better candidates and better ideas than we work harder. he has been up here with me for a number of days. he was to appear before with me. nobody working harder -- if in maryland -- thank you, governor. [applause] so, 34 hours. not that i'm counting. 34 hours until the polls close here. what we does not and it's going to happen in the race. it's completely up in the air and nokia, the voters of new hampshire will decided. there's lots of history in new hampshire about all of you fooling everybody in terms of you ultimately decide to pick. you guys are the greatest shopper in america. there's still people shopping.

if you do this and every other party come i can only imagine what the stores look like on christmas eve in new hampshire. people jammed in the story saying that could decide what to buy her her her christmas because i have to think about it a long time. but i admire that and i'm glad, by the way come you waited until after saturday night to decide because here is why the debate is so important. you got to be ready to be president of the united states. it's not about having a nice suit and a good smile. being president of the united states is not about that. we've had that the last seven years. he's got a big smile and he raised the teleprompter well. but he never managed a thing in his life. check out chris would higher here to manage a shift, but allowed to be president of the united states.

the fact is you need to have some experience doing this because it's nothing like the united states senate. the united states senate tells you when to show up and where to sit on what to do on the list of questions before hand and you vote yes or no. that's not the way it is governor or being president. the crisis command when you least expect it. no one cause or 4:00 in the morning to tell you that the building if i would be posted to the subcommittee today will not be posted next week. when a police officer shot and killed, the governor to call the 4:00 in the morning. when an ice jam is coming and people won't try to save their vendors say, the governor gets called. when a budget needs to be balanced, the governor has to sit there and make sure it gets done because the constitutional amendment which they should have in washington d.c. by the way. can't back and the second worst

natural disaster in american history had serious date. it is the governor that people look to to rebuild that state and that is what i did in new jersey for the last three and a half years is to rebuild from a storm that destroyed 365,000 homes in 24 hours. and so, people's lives, businesses were ruined and when you're sitting there as governor, no one gives you -- no one gives you an instruction manual on how to do that. he just had to die then, rollup your sleeves and do it. we do not crisis will confront the next president of the united states. but we know for sure there'll be a number of them come in number of challenges, crazies. ask yourself between now and tomorrow night who was the person that is most mature, most tested, best prepared to come at these crises when they come. i think you saw saturday night that when bill lietzke really

bright, 13.5 million people watching on television. a big crowd in the assembly room in the media of the united states while watching when the lights get that bright, you either shine for you melt. we cannot afford to have a president who melt. at the key moment we can't have a president who won't stand up and be counted here we need one who will stand up and be counted because he has been tested before. i've been tested, not only by a democratic legislature which i've had every minute of every day of my governorship to believe me they wake up every morning talking about what can make the governor happy today. i have been tested by the most aggressive liberal media in america, combination of new york and philadelphia media. it is no picnic, especially when you're a conservative republican, but you stand up to

the task others "the new york times" or the "philadelphia inquirer" for the democratic legislature, you stand up and take the heat. we have candidates in this race that when things get really hot, they run. when it gets really hot, i ran into the heat. i like the challenge. that's why it's republican who ran for governor of new jersey. if you don't like the heat, you have no business being in new jersey. we've got a lot of work to do as a country, challenges and opportunities and we've got to get to work. you will all start it tomorrow night. i am looking to tomorrow night and actually people voting rather than polls and pundits than all the talking. but here's the last bit of good news and other ready to take your questions. the last bit of good news for the people of new hampshire. after tomorrow night, we are leaving you. that deserves a round of applause. we are leaving.

i will be back tonight is because new hampshire will be swings day. i'll be back in august as the nominee because one of my biggest highest priorities is making sure that kelley ayotte gets elected to the united states senate. [applause] when it comes to tomorrow night, no more tv commercials that you have to skip through or go to the refrigerator where they are going on and on. no more mail in your mailbox. i'm sure we have disabled the number of letter carrier throughout new hampshire. we've been carrying all that mail all-around new hampshire. no more bothering you at your diners and restaurants. you can actually eat your dinner uninterrupted by one of us coming in to shake your hand. all of that is over tomorrow night that you have a lot of work between now and then. one less person i haven't spoken about before it's your questions. mary pat and i came to your

starting in april to get to know the people of new hampshire. i have now spent 71 days here in new hampshire. she is now on her 53rd day. she has been here more than any other candidate at me. she has worked incredibly hard. when we came the first time a state of the hotel in manchester and we came downstairs in the morning to start our day. mary pat went off to get a cup of coffee. the manager of the hotel came over to me and he said i want to introduce myself. hope fully you'll be here a lot. thanks for picking our hotel and i hope we get to see you. shook my hand and walked away. then he came right back. by the way what to tell you one other thing. you can tell a lot about a man by what he does than what he says. and i watched you this morning. he said you can walk right to your car, but instead you stayed

here and waited for your young age to get her coffee and then you walk to the car with her. true story. knowing how rumors get started in presidential campaigns, i said the woman who i came down the elevator with this morning from my hotel room was not my young age. it is my wife. now i told you that whenever we do these town hall meetings and shoes with me and going to tell that story. she likes it because she is referred to as the young aide. [laughter] i think it's more of a testimony of her than anything else. we are a team on a similar worked extraordinarily hard to work together. if i told the story shoe do went to when it's time for me to get to work. i take my jacket off like most of you do when you go to work everyday. i was taking my off and she said she would hold it for me. do we have a deal?

[applause] simple. raise your hand. i'll answer your questions. we've got a question. yes, ma'am. right back there. >> i am hoping to ask mr. trump as well. i'm a very old flight attendant, united airlines was my trip and i flew 24 hours prior to september 11th and they were my friends. good girls must meet girls, very young. a young girl and her boyfriend had just gotten engaged on the last thread. we all celebrated on the layover. they were young. they were all young and there

was a lot of survival guilt as they could have been their mother. i wasn't afraid to fly. i was so angry. i was so angry and so sat in that combination just did me in. i had a horrible time flying and i had to quit. and i loved flying. i mean, i started in the 70s and it was fun then. he could take cookies from the little lady that made them for someone to pick the apples off their tree and brought them for the girls. of course everything changed. he did a 180. i guess i just want to know that my family and people i love, everyone in this room and across the country. i just want to know that we are going to be safe.

how are you going to keep us safe? the mac first off, it is an extraordinary day to be that close to death. that feeling you have i have heard from many folks because of where and from. a lot of people you know in our state that dodged death that day. we lost over 700 people in new jersey that day, more than any other state other than the state of new york. mary pat and i both are friends with lots of the widows and widowers and children who lost their families. this is not something i read about in a book. this is something that i feel is till every day because of who i am, where i was on september september 11th and what my job is now, which is to leave those people.

also i was u.s. attorney for new jersey on the day before 9/11. september 10, 2 dozen one of the u.s. attorney for new jersey. the next day the entire job changed. so how are you going to feel safe? here is how. and the only person on that stage who has fought terrorism. the only one because you can imagine if you are the u.s. attorney in new jersey for one of those flights took off from. your number one job when he became the federal prosecutor was to make sure it never happened again. president bush and attorney general ashcroft made that very clear to all of us. it was no longer acceptable to catch folks after it happened. too much death and destruction. we had captured before. those who are in charge of the time field to do it. they said it very clear course for us. over the next seven years i've brought two of the largest terrorism cases after

september 11. one gentleman who was trying to fire missiles to a terrorist group and other roots of six men in south jersey who were planning to attack fort dix. we caught them before they acted. we arrested them. we convicted them and they are all in jail. those are the things we need to do to keep our country safe at home. we need once again a commander-in-chief who understands how to do this and is that reading about in the book, isn't getting it from briefings that is actually it come as an on the ground and fought these fights. we can't hold back in terms of the resources we have. there's something you want to say. so go ahead and say it. [inaudible] >> the first thing you need to do is raise your defenses at home. we need to increase intelligence capability in one recent

capability and give them the tools they need. this summer, senator paul, santa cruz and the president took away tools from security agency to monitor and collect data to figure out who's going to come in. it was the wrong end to do. would restore the capability. i trust her community to act within the law. you don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. aside from the beginning we cannot have sewer and refugees that he cannot tell us that it can bet them and ensure they are safe. at the end of the discussion because so do most americans. my first job as president of the united states of america in my job is to protect americans first. first up we can do that --

[applause] if we can do that while helping other people around the world i'm all for it. my first job is to protect you, your family. we need to go overseas and after isis. we need to do that. we have to play offense, doing when he took at our european allies and arab allies with us. we cannot do this alone. it is bad for america not for the world if we do this by ourselves. isis needs to know it is not just america that wants to destroy them but the rest of the civilized world that wants to destroy. we need to have that hope not just militarily but also psychologically. here in our country we also need to know that we will support one person in office there is. they are often the first line of defense. they suspect names and act.

he has made in the ei director said this, too. it's afraid to get out of the cars because they will not be supported by politicians in the country. i did bob for several years. i worked with agents all across the country and one of the toughest jobs in america. if there's a bad cop come would prosecute the bad cop. nobody would be a winner and so i violate the law. 99.9% of our police officers every day, men and women doing selfless things and they need to be supported. they need to be supported by political leaders. i will do that as president. in the end what you need to know is this is personal. this is personal to me. the reason i'm the best prepared went to sit in the chairs as i've experienced it and i've lived day.

i've watched my wife go into new york city on september 11th. when you've had that experience and you are lucky enough to have her come home alive and my younger brother also, you don't never take that for granted. you need to fight every day and understand every morning when you wake up as president, your number one job is to protect the safety and security of the american people. and so i want to thank you for continuing to remind people in a very personal way how important this is. >> she said she's afraid the country has forgotten. when i talk about the signer managed about the center management folks and i wasn't going to this morning but i will. mary pat and i have very good friends in our parish and our

home who worked in new york. mary pat would often to meet with him. he worked on the 44th floor, tower number two and he was killed that day the world trade center. the gym is now named after him. we know his wife and his family. our oldest son's best friend, his father worked on the 105th floor of the first tower. no one there that day got out alive. neither did his father. for the last 14 years i've watched this young man come to our home and grow up from eight years old to 22. with his mom raising him and his siblings on around without a partner in life anymore. every birthday for his father, he posts a picture on his face but age of his dad. his dad is in a taxi go at a wedding looking like he's having a great time with a big smile on

his face. he says that, we will never forget you. what i fear is what you fear, that this country is forgetting those folks. they are forgetting frank, this young man's father who he has got 14 years without. i will never forget these people because i live among them. i've seen the stories. this is not something i read in the newspaper. every time the young man walked into her house, we are reminded of two things. our sadness for him and has lost and how lucky we are not too experienced the same thing. i will be that president if you give me the chance. [applause] >> hello. i am reading this book called grounded written by a professor from a college in kentucky who claims that the air force became an independent registered as,

never used in combat, do you favor if you become president? >> no. >> sorry, we are having technical problems here getting the video to us from new hampshire. we'll bring you the rest of the event later in our schedule could also try to get it online and our video library c-span.org. i want to let you know about some of the other events will be attending today. live coverage from the campaign leading up to the primary tomorrow over at c-span. we will be hearing from jeb bush lie that noon and donald trump

at the lions club at 1:30 and senator bernie sanders at the university of new hampshire in durham light at 6:00 eastern tonight. >> let's go win the nomination he had >> teaneck and god bless you. >> thank you all very much. meet and greet. town halls and life caucus coverage. this week on the c-span is on the ground in new hampshire leading up to the first in the nation primary. live election coverage starts tuesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span radio east

van.org. >> an establishment that support and politics in new hampshire. we are joined by tyler isabel. good morning. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> talk about the importance. >> i think it is so cool for the diner and never won in new hampshire. they come here because it's such a focal point of the community. you don't know who is next to on the left or right. on the right to be a homeless guy, the left could be a big time lawyer. you have no idea. that is why it's essential place for the candidates to come in and see you as they are, see who they're going to be talking to, what their views are in everything. it resembles something because it such a landmark in the country. >> we have seen ben carson, donald trump, a couple others. crews came in, we had a couple of fast candidate like ones who

have discontinued. i think it is significant that the diner. being a waiter -- i still wager with us and i see a different side of things which i love. and now shaking hands, looking at the next person. they could care less about the people which is really sad. then you get the one to sit down comiskey for two hours, eat good food and look at you in the eye. you have anymore questions? want to know anything else? i know it is about ideas than what they are going to do, but i think it's also about the type of person they are and how they will represent the country. it's really cool. >> you probably get a chance to hear a lot of political conversation amongst the trick. what are the commerce issued late russian or >> when i work at diner and i'm on the floor, i try to not really shown the u. ... the reporter or they will say he

loves this person. you've got to be really careful. you get in heated arguments all the time. they won't bring up a specific person. they will bring up a topic and you will turn up the music, get discussions. it is really cool. i love it personally. it is so cool. it is really good for the diner. you see so much time you get asked so many questions. personally i would never vote for donald trump, but he was the most impressive candidate that walked through the door. he stayed for two hours, had deep-fried machen cheeseburger, aided in front of everyone in it was really cool. you see people come in, come out and move on. >> tyler isabel, son of the owner of the red arrow diner and manchester. thank you.

>> hello, everybody. thank you for coming. how many folks here are from other than new hampshire? welcome to our state. there's only one requirement if you are coming here that you go shop in our shops and enjoy the no sales tax, please. we would appreciate it. my name is bill o'brien. i am cochair ted cruz presidential campaign. i really have an affection for this area and i hope all of you will come here and do what i saw when i moved here years ago and decided to settle this right in my legislative district. again, i want to give a personal welcome to all of you and otherwise say hi to my neighbors. before we get going, would you mind joining me and the pledge of allegiance?

i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. thank you. thank you. [applause] e-mail, there are pundits who say in the media who say that in new hampshire a conservative cannot win the new hampshire republican primary. i like to ask all of you, is that the case? there are those who say that in order to show the view of pose correctness you have to adopt rhetoric that is alienating. you have to use obscenities and

insult people. is that the way we show we are liberated from the constraints of political correctness? you know, i met senator cruz probably a year, year and a half ago and i didn't come across somebody who is politically correct. instead i came across a man who is a courageous of proven conservative. i came across someone who argued nine cases in the supreme court to protect our privileges to write and our rights as veterans. in times we did it without any compensation whatsoever. a man who promised to the voters of texas that he would not vote to increase the debt ceiling, that he would not vote to allow illegal aliens amnesty, that he

would oppose obamacare and this man stood on the senate floor by himself for 23 hours in order for us to be able to be safe from the job killing regulation that are about to care. [applause] i first met senator cruz were invited to speak for new hampshire at a summit of conservatives out in iowa. it was a freedom that hosted by congressman steve king and others. i have it chance out there to talk to all the candidates who at that point are thinking of running for president. i want to tell you that i came across a fine group of individuals. 16, 17 people i met are among

the best that america has to offer. they deserve our applause for the time that is put into this. [applause] it is a mark of senator cruz brilliance, his steadfastness as a conservative then that one individual who stood head and shoulders above the rest. he is the one individual who you could ask him, well, what do you think about the 10th amendment and wouldn't turn to a staff member and say what? you know, i'm for all of you who may not be like ted and me, the 10th amendment is what establishes the federal government is a government of limits, not the government that barack obama wants when he issues his illegal executive

orders. and so i met someone who i knew was informed by the u.s. constitution, wasn't warned by his religious beliefs, understood how to bring the country back to what it had been when we were viewed as the strongest and freest republic in the world. have you noticed survey after survey are showing america dropping in political freedom, dropping and economic freedom. one recently came out with they had this pertains in the world when it came to economic rebound. this has to be reversed. that has to be it proven, courageous to reverse that. someone who understands that the problem in washington is not a democrat problem. it's not a republican problem. it's a problem with elected

officials are getting their public servants forgetting that we are the bosses than they should go up there and work for us and not their reelection. because at the washington cartel. we know what it is. people promising to be conservatives and going up and forgetting it. i am so pleased to be able to introduce senator cruz to you. we have a short three minute video and then he should be available to come up. so, thank you. ..

bennet♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ted cruz is the most conservative candidate running.

the most consistently conservative candidate running. >> i think he is a rock star. >> he's the conscience of a senate that is gutless, timid and countless. >> if you're looking for the republican candidate who is the most opposed to liberalism, ted cruz. >> how about talking about the substantive issues? ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, it is truly the honor of my life to be able to introduce to you the next president of the united states, senator ted cruz.

[applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> god bless the great state of new hampshire. [applause] >> bill, let me say thank you for your incredible leadership of our team here in the ground on new hampshire. thank you for your passionate defense of liberty, for your passionate defense of the constitution and for waking up everyday to fight for the men and women of the live free or die state. [applause] some of you all -- so how many

of you all watched the debate last night? is a fantastic that we have such an array of young, talented, dynamic republican candidates for president? [applause] and what a contrast. with the democrats. i mean, the democrats, they have a wild eyed socialist with ideas that are dangerous for america and the world, and bernie sanders. [laughter] and has anyone else noticed that the democrats tend to schedule their debates at like three in the morning on the weekend? i actually am surprised that there's not a democratic debate

tonight during the super bowl. but, but there is good news. they have announced the location of the next democratic debate. they are hosting it at leavenworth. [laughter] they wanted to make it easier for hillary to attend. you know, we are here today because our country is in crisis. we are here today because we're bankrupting our kids and grandkids. because our constitutional rights are under assault each and every day, and because america has receded from leadership in the world. and it's made the world a much more dangerous place. you know, today a majority of americans believe that our kids will have a worse life than we

did. 65. that is the first time in the history of this country that's ever been to the that may be the most un-american idea you can imagine. i believe this election in 2016, the central issue will be reigniting the promise of america, dating back to the fundamental ideal that our kids will have a better life than we did, and their kids will have a better life than they did. how do we do that? it's very simple. we get back to the principles of free market principles that constitutional liberties that built america in the first place. the nice thing about the eternal truths, they are always true. we know what works. we just got to get back to the commonsense principles that are the foundation of this nation. number one, we bring back jobs and growth and opportunity. my number one priority in the

u.s. senate and as president. is economic growth. now why is that? because economic growth come its foundational to everything else. you want to turn around unemployment, turn around the national debt, you want to rebuild our military, you what to strengthen and preserve social security and medicare. you've got to have growth. with growth we can do all of that. without growth we can't do any of that. and the folks you understand also in effect produced and every time we do what we are doing now, out of control spending and taxes and regulation, you get what we got now, misery and stagnation and malaise. and by the way, what do hillary clinton and bernie sanders promise? more of the same. if we have more spending and taxes and regulation, things only get worse. to all the young people who show up at the bernie sanders rally,

i would just say if you can't get a job now, how bad do you think it would be doubling down on this path? as margaret thatcher said, the problem with socialism, eventually you run out of other people's money. [applause] or to put it differently, reaganomics. you start a business in your parents garage. obamanomics. you move into your parents garage. [applause] and the folks you understand the flipside of that which is that every time we pursued tax reform and regulatory reform, every time you pull the boot of the federal government off their necks of small businesses, we

see incredible economic growth. small businesses are the heart of the economy. two-thirds of all new jobs come from small businesses. you want to see incredible growth? lift the burdens on small businesses. you want to see stagnation? do what we're doing out and hammer the living daylights out of small businesses. regulatory reform. the most important regulatory reform is we need to repeal every word of obamacare. [applause] obamacare is the biggest job killer in this country and we need to instead pass commonsense health care reform that makes health insurance personal and affordable, portable and keeps government from getting in between us and our doctors. [applause]

and then tax reform. we right now spent about $500 billion on tax comply speech you. that's about the budget of our entire military. and it is waste -- wasted on dead weight loss. as we say in texas it doesn't produce a single truck or tortilla. and the simplest and best tax reform is will to adopt a simple flat tax where every american can fill out our taxes on a postcard. [applause] and when we do that we should abolish the irs. [applause] the second key to reigniting the

promise of america is we need to defend our constitutional rights. all of them. [applause] we need to defend the first amendment, free speech, and especially, especially, especially religious freedom. [applause] you want to understand just how far off track we've gone. you don't need to look any further than the little sisters of the poor. little sisters of the poor are a catholic charity of nuns who devote their lives to caring for the poor and elderly. right now today the obama administration is litigating against the little sisters of the poor, trying to impose billions of dollars of fines on the sisters under obamacare in

order to force the nuns to pay for abortion-inducing drugs, and others. [inaudible] >> let me give you all a real simple rule of law. if you are litigating against the nuns, you probably have done something wrong. [applause] if i'm elected president on the very first day in office i will construct the department of justice and the irs, and every other federal agency, that the persecution of religious liberty ends today. [applause] we need to defend the second amendment, the right to keep and to bear arms. [applause]

you know, one of the things i love about the granite state is y'all define gun-control the same way we do in texas. hitting what you aim at. and we saw just a couple of weeks ago president obama signed yet more lawless executive actions try to undermine the second amendment right to keep and bear arms. if i'm elected president the very first thing i will do on the first day in office is rescind every single illegal and unconstitutional executive action taken by this president. [applause] we need to defend the fourth and fifth amendments, our right to privacy.

coming up y'all have your cell phones? let me ask you, please leave your cell phones on. i want to make sure president obama hears every word we say today. we need to defend the 10th amendment, or as president obama calls it, though what? -- though what? the fundamental protection that all powers not given to the federal government are reserved to the states and to the people. [applause] that means there are certain things the federal government needs to do and do well. we need to rebuild the military and honor our commitments to every soldier and sailor and airman and marine.

[applause] it means fundamentally reforming the va so that every veteran can choose his or her doctor. [applause] it means finally, finally, finally securing the borders and ending sanctuary cities. [applause] but the are a whole bunch of other areas that the federal government has no business sticking its nose, and chief among them is education. and we need to repeal every word of common core. [applause] and let me tell you, for anyone who is a constitutionalist or anyone who cares about the bill

of rights com, one of the things that is dangling in the balance in this election is the supreme court. now, we have right now a supreme court of radical activist judges who are making lawless decisions, and yet as bad as this court is, we want justice the way from a five justice left wing majority, the likes of which this country has never seen. we are one justice the way from the supreme court bordering 10 commandments monuments all over this country to be torn down from courthouses and city halls and public squares because there could be no acknowledgment of god in the public square. we are one justice away from the supreme court ruling that no individual has an individual right to keep and bear arms. come and get it is right. but just to underscore how close we were, the heller case,

tiffany the second amendment, the four dissenters in heller, their position was not some gun-control as a case of permissible. their position was the second amendment protects no individual right whatsoever. they sent it is only a quote collective right of the militia, which is fancy lawyer talk for a nonexistent right. one more left wing justice on the court and the court will hold that no individual in this room has any right under the second amendment, that the federal government or the state could make it a criminal offense to own a firearm, and none of us would have a right to challenge that in court. we are one justice the way from the supreme court bordering that veteran memorials across this country the torn down if they of

any religious symbol whatsoever. we are not far away from pulling out the chisels remove the crosses and stars of david from the tombstone on fallen soldiers. we are one justice away from the court striking down every restriction on abortion and mandating a limited abortion on demand up until the moment of birth, partial-birth abortion with taxpayer funding, and no parental notification whatsoever. that's how close we are. the next president will get three, maybe even four supreme court justices. on the flipside you have a president who you can count on who you know whose touchstone is the constitution. if we say principled conservative jurists who will be faithful to the constitution. that indeed an example of a case where one justice away on the

other side. many people here are familiar with the case of kelo v. new london. kelo was an absolute disgrace. it was a case 5-4 in which the supreme court upheld the use of eminent domain to take private property to give it to another private enterprise. in the kelo case a little old lady had her family home for decades in the family, and a giant corporation, a pharmaceutical company, convinced the local city government to use eminent domain to condemn her home, to take her family home in order to give it to the giant pharmaceutical company so they could build a parking lot. they wanted a parking lot instead of her live in turn. that case went all the way to the supreme court, and by five for the supreme court said we've got no problem with that. by the way the constitution says that private property can only be taken for public use. not for private use or to the

constitution allows eminent domain if you are building a road. the city can condemn land to build a road or highway because that's considered public use. what the supreme court said is handed over to a corporation so they can build a parking lot, that's a public use, to. i would note that the men and women in new hampshire, one of the justices who was in the majority was david souter. and one of the things that after that i enjoyed the most was the people of new hampshire began a movement to use eminent domain to condemn david souter's house. [applause] to open up instead the lost liberty hotel. they could ultimately get the city council to do it but it was an inspired me. i'll tell you what, i believe private property as a fundamental right of mankind.

i believe the constitution protects it. if we have a president who put principle constitutionalists on the court, kelo will be overturned and we will protect the private property rights of american citizens. [applause] the third key to reignite in the promise of america is we need to restore american leadership around the world. for seven years we've seen america received from leadership. we have abandoned our friends and allies, and we've shown weakness and appeasement to our enemy. instead of a president who boycotts prime minister netanyahu, imagine america's standing unapologetically alongside the nation of israel. [applause]

in january 2017 we will have a commander-in-chief who stands up and says to the world, we will defeat radical islamic terrorists. we will have a president willing to utter the words radical islamic terrorism. [applause] and we will not weaken. we will not degrade. we will utterly and completely destroy isis. [applause] and let me say something about this debate last night. you know, it was striking the three different people on that stage came out in support of drafting women into combat and the military. i didn't have an opportunity to respond to that particular

question but i have to admit as i was sitting there listening to the conversation, my reaction was, are you guys nuts? listen, we have had enough with political correctness, especially in the military. political correctness is dangerous, and the ideas that we would draft our daughters to forcibly bring them into the military and put them in those combat, i think is wrong. it is immoral it and if i'm president we ain't doing it. [applause] i'm the father of two little girls. i love those girls with all of my hard. they are capable of doing anything in their hearts desire. but the idea that the government

would forcibly put them in a foxhole with a 220-pound psychopath tried to kill them doesn't make any sense at all. and it's yet one more sign of this politically correct world when we forget common sense. we've got to get back to commonsense. we've got to get back to a president who just says no, that doesn't make any sense. [applause] some of y'all may be wondering, can we do this? can it happen? scripture tells us there's nothing new under the sun. i think where we are today is very, very much like the late 1970s, like the jimmy carter administration. same failed economic policies, same feckless and naïve foreign

policy. in fact, the very same countries, russia and iran, openly laughing at and mocking the president of the united states. now why is it that the analogy gives me so much hope and optimism? because we remember how that story ended. all across this country millions of men and women rose up and became the reagan revolution. [applause] and it didn't come from washington. washington despised ronald reagan. in fact it started right here in new hampshire in the granite state 36 years ago. [applause] the media back then said there's no way this former governor of

california can win. he's too conservative. the people of new hampshire will never support someone that actually believes this stuff. and yet the granite state shocked the pundits, shocked the pollsters, stood up and because of the leadership of the men and women of this great state, gave america and the world the 40th president of the united states, ronald wilson reagan. [applause] what am i so optimistic? because the same thing is happening again. all over this country people are waking up. a week ago in iowa, how many of y'all know the turnout numbers in iowa? on the republican side. we saw a 50% increase in turnout, 50% higher than in the history of the iowa caucuses. [applause]

on the democratic side, they saw a decrease of 30% from 2008. now i'm curious have any of y'all seen tha it covered on anf the news stations? almost makes you wonder what party the reporters are members of the. people are waking up at an incredible level. listen, every gathering we go to i have met and women who come to me and say i'm a democrat. id. a democrat my whole life. dashed i've been a democrat my whole life. two days ago which elements of i'm a member of the carpenters union. don't tell my union boss i'm here. but i'm with you. every day we are seeing people who just like millions of reagan democrats said this doesn't make any sense, are saying what we

are doing now doesn't make any sense either. and it took jimmy carter to give us ronald reagan. and i am convinced the most long lasting legacy of barack obama will be a new generation of leaders in the republican party who stand for liberty, who stand for the constitution and who stand for the judeo-christian value that i built this country into the greatest country in the history of the world. [applause] and with that i'm happy to answer or dodge any question you like. yes, ma'am. >> what do you think about the kinder morgan company taking our land away in order to build a

pipeline to ship gas overseas for their profit? >> well, it is a very good question i think we need to follow the law on the. the law on pipelines has varied. when it comes to oil pipelines, oil pipelines are governed by state laws state-by-state. different states have different stand on eminent domain. high plains have often been considered to roads as common carriers but that varies state-by-state in terms of what the standards are. for a gas pipeline that's governed by federal law. it provides commonsense a very clear and narrowly defined standards for eminent domain. we need to fulfill standards be part of the standards need to have a private company doesn't have a right to trespass on your property. we need to protect those property rights and ensure that federal law is followed and we need to honor those legal commitments. [inaudible] >> so eminent domain has been

allowed for public use and pipelines have been considered, because of their common carriers, because they're transporting materials that are used widely from multiple sellers completed analogized to roads. they are in a great area to get a varies state-by-state i think we need to follow the law on the and make sure the law is probably respecting the property rights but also ensuring that we can develop our energy infrastructure at the same time. yes? [inaudible] >> it is a great question. listen, when it comes to any quality, inequality which both president obama and hillary clinton talk about constantly, has increased dramatically in the last seven years.